People · China
Zhihong Lin (林之弘)
3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019LINZ05
Zhihong Lin (林之弘) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Beijing University Cube League 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,047th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2019, he has put 358 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.51 in July 2019 to 8.02, a 41% improvement. Zhihong has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 9.69 | top 2.8% | 1,047 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 3.62 | top 3.7% | 504 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 34.26 | 40.50 | top 6.1% | 636 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.18 | 1:19.38 | top 10.5% | 530 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.85 | 20.89 | top 12.3% | 1,220 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.35 | 2:30.66 | top 20.9% | 474 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:33.52 | 3:35.54 | top 21.0% | 433 / 1,274 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 9.65 | top 28.1% | 1,750 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.29 | 11.89 | top 30.3% | 3,373 / 10,269 | |
| Square-1 | 51.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,241 / 1,373 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Deqing Big & Blind 2026.
- 29 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Yancheng Spring Open 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing University Cube League 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Hangzhou Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2024.
Competitions
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Beijing University Cube League 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Xulang Li (黎旭朗) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.